Unfortunately, outside of xcode, their is no other competition. No other IDE comes close. Considering this release is a pre-beta (and not some faux-beta popular with web two point oh startups these days). Having used other Jetbrains products, I'm fairly certain that when all is said and done, the final product will be solid IDE.
> Having used other Jetbrains products, I'm fairly certain that when all is said and done, the final product will be solid IDE.
It probably will be solid, but having used their other products on the Mac (RubyMine, IntelliJ), it's probably never going to get any less java-ugly or feel any more native.
And I think that's likely to be more of a problem for potential users of AppCode vs RubyMine or IntelliJ users on the Mac. Because its target market is either established Mac developers who care about the conventions and tastes prevalent in Mac software, and thus find AppCode ugly and alien in function, or users of other JetBrains products getting started with Mac development, for whom AppCode might feel familiar but will be a barrier to learning about the conventions and tastes prevalent in Mac software, leading them to produce sub-par experiences with the product.
Meh - it's not for those us who like everything in its place, fully native "oh my god it's so elegant" software.
It's for those of us who want something that does everything we want (plus some more) without being too hard on the system resources and has the ability to stay out of our way when we need it to.
It's true, Jetbrains products are not the most beautiful, and yes they're mostly written in java. However, they do make incredibly functional products with a slim learning curve with some amazing features. Jetbrains products (from Python to Ruby to PHP, and I'm sure their new AppCode) have consistently shown the best understanding of the code being developed which contributes to the best code sense and refactoring support I've ever seen in any IDE.
